Hyderabad: The prolong in appointing a various commissioner for lakes, as turned into once proposed some time within the past, has stored the city waterbodies in excessive bother.
Design support in 2018, the HMDA made up our minds to develop and beautify 40 lakes. Four years as a result of this truth, the target has not been achieved and officials are blaming the municipal administration and concrete pattern division for the prolong. The HMDA says the government has not appointed an officer to tune the lakes.
On the moment, the Telangana govt made up our minds to rob up the beautification of 20 lakes at an estimated designate of Rs 120 crore. The HMDA claimed that to this level 14 works at nine lakes have been carried out, 12 works at eight lakes might perhaps perhaps well also not be taken up and the works at three lakes are half total.
Officers mentioned patta landholders have stalled the works at Edula Cheruvu, Pedda Cheruvu in Amberpet, Tondapally Cheruvu in Shamshabad, Pasumamula Cheruvu in Abdullapurmet, Pedda Cheruvu in Keesara, Rampally Cheruvu, Mallampet Cheruvu in Bowrampet, Pedda Cheruvu in Peerzadiguda, Jalpally Tank in Balapur, Nadeem Cheruvu in Ghatkesar and Kuntlur Cheruvu as also one other lakes final year.
Mukkidi lake, also known as RK Puram lake, is vulnerable to encroachments.
For the protection of around 185 lakes and water our bodies within the city limits, the MA&UD division has appointed a various cell headed by a designated special commissioner. The cell turned into once to be below the alter of the predominant secretary, MA&UD, as per orders issued by the suppose govt on October 4, 2021.
Irrespective of several conferences, the MA&UD division reportedly did not focus on the protection of lakes nor matters love battling encroachments nor the appointment of a various officer.
The special commissioner turned into once to be to blame for the great administration of the lakes, which involves preparing a grasp thought for every waterbody to scientifically manage the water drift and forestall further encroachment. The legitimate turned into once to rob up beautification of lakes and tag bigger the inexperienced duvet within the buffer areas whereas making sure the water is cleaned.
It turned into once also pressured out, then, that the protection and rejuvenation of lakes might perhaps perhaps well also additionally be taken up by also keen corporates below their corporate social accountability (CSR) funds. Nonetheless, 5 months have handed and the officials are but to procure an officer for this put up and lakes safety has change into a mirage. Within the meantime, the waterbodies are terrorized at an alarming tempo.
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